Oscillatory interaction between the hand area of human primary motor cortex and finger muscles during steady-state isometric contraction

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 122, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 2246-2253

  Lim, Manyoel ^a,b   Kim, June Sic ^b,c   Chung, Chun Kee ^a,b,c  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University Hospital   (South Korea)

^c Seoul National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Corticomuscular coherence; Finger muscle; Magnetoencephalography; Primary motor cortex

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FINGER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; NORMAL HUMAN; OSCILLATION; OSCILLATORY POTENTIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THUMB;

ADULT; BIOLOGICAL CLOCKS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FEMALE; FINGERS; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80053177333     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: 18728952     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2011.03.001     Document Type: Article

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